JAMB 2016 UTME Inspection And Accreditation Of Centres Begins

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) PRO, Dr Fabian Benjamin has announced that JAMB has begun the inspection of facilities for the 2016 UTME – Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.

According to him, over 600 facilities nationwide have been so far inspected for accreditation as centres for the conduct of the 2016 Computer Based Test (CBT).

It was learnt that the board intends to inspect over 1, 000 facilities for accreditation and that only those that met the requirements would be accredited as centres for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

He emphasized that the board is very much interested in the technical aspect of each of the facilities and called for more public and private partnership in establishing well equipped centres.

“Some of the things we are looking out for have a lot to do with the technical aspect.

“For these centres to meet our requirements, they must have not less than 250 computers with reliable power source.

“The computer centres must be integrated with the local area network and there must equally be a high and accessible security in and around such centres.” He said.

Requirements for Getting an accredited JAMB CBT Centre

JAMB has instructed that only accredited JAMB CBT Centres, tasked with conducting the actual UTME exams, will henceforth be the only authorised centres for registering candidates for the exams.

This decision by the board has led to the disqualification of most cyber cafes and business centres, that would usually register candidates for UTME exams.

In as much as a whole lot of centres have been disqualified, a few of them only need little upgrade to attain the status of becoming an accredited JAMB CBT Centre.

Becoming an accredited JAMB CBT centre will enable you;
1. Get access code to register UTME Candidates for the upcoming exams.
2. Conduct UTME Exams for JAMB
3. And render other JAMB services to candidates

How to Become an Accredited JAMB CBT Centre

Here are the requirements you should fulfill in order to be accredited as an official JAMB CBT Centre;

1. All your computers must be housed in one building
2. You require a minimum of 250 functional desktop computer/laptop systems on Cable LAN.
3. The desktop/laptop computers must be connected to a reliable and robust server or servers.
4. Adequate security, administrative and technical personnel.
5. Availability of back-up power supply (power generating set, UPS/inverters)
6. Adequate cooling system (Air Conditioning)
7. Availability of holding room or reception area.
8. Up-to-date Antivirus
9. Current Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser
10. Adequate lighting system.
11. Minimum of Windows XP or higher version of windows operating system.

The setup of the computer systems should be such that it has adequate privacy for each student in a box-like setup. For a sample of the JAMB CBT centre, please check the image attached to this post.

Once your centre meets the above requirement, then you can visit the nearest JAMB office in your state of location to get an inspection date and further get accredited.

Whether or not you get accredited, you shouldn’t just sit back, you can also become a CBT training centre, away from JAMB and make money doing that too. Most UTME candidates are searching for training centres where they can go and learn what the JAMB CBT Exam feels like.